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Senior Buyer

Senior Buyer - WFH / Rosyth - 12months - Rate c£40/hr umbrella
Key words / skills: Buyer, Procurement, Commercial, Nuclear, BPSS, Security Cleared, MCIPS, Naval, Marine, MOD.

Overview:
Wilde Recruitment Ltd are working along side Babcock Naval Marine in order to recruit a Senior Buyer to work on a 12 month contract WFH / Rosyth.
As a Senior Buyer your duties and responsibilities will include:

Efficient execution of established supply agreements; requisition to order conversion, order book management, expediting and payment
Maintaining the quality of the demand from Business Unit’s projects
Assuring supplier performance in close co-operation with Category and Project Procurement teams

The Senior Buyer will/may have responsibility for a team of buyers managing tens of thousands of transactions p.a. or a number of Service based contracts.
Execution of the requisition to order process within agreed service levels
Ensuring that Babcock’s commercial position is best protected through use of agreed terms and conditions of contract and purchase orders
Execution of order book management and expediting processes to ensure the supply chain delivers on time to meet all Business Unit requirements
Execution of processes, and interfaces with finance, to ensure on-time payment to suppliers
Execution of supplier on-boarding and qualification processes to ensure selected suppliers are approved and available to trade with
Assuring compliance with Group and Divisional supply agreements
Sourcing within existing supply agreements defined by Project Procurement and Category Management teams 
Leading negotiations with suppliers to ensure that the most cost effective supply solutions are obtained
Prompt and effective provision of spot purchasing and quotation services
A procurement practitioner with knowledge of current operational procurement techniques (5+ Years in Procurement)
Experience (5+ years) working with ERP systems for example, IFS, SAP, Oracle. Including exposure to the latest e-procurement systems capability.
Annual spend responsibility in the region of £25m
Ensure compliance with Babcock Safety, Health and Environmental requirements.


To discuss this vacancy please contact: James Walker on 0161 474 6856 / 07788668931.
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

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